Two Folds: A Siddhi Creative Double Feature
Category: Dance, Theater, Music, & Projection
Duration: 100 mins performance with 15 min intermission
Celebrating the richness of shared human experiences, we welcome you to join hands in creating a meaningful connection between the art, artist, and audience. Two Folds Brings the world premiere of two productions: "The Maze" & "Finding Joy".
"The Maze" is a multidisciplinary devised work that blends movement, text, poetry, music, theater, and technology to challenge conventional notions of womanhood. Through stories of women navigating patriarchal structures, the work engages the audience with an aim to ignite dialogue in the community about women, body autonomy, and agency.
The Maze has been recognized by the Izzies with an award for Outstanding Achievement in Music, Sound, and Text for its work-in-progress showcase at the Studio 210 Summer Residency.
Credits:
Concept | Choreography | Performance: Surabhi Bharadwaj
Direction: Veena Basavarajaiah
Music Composition | Live Performance: Roopa Mahadevan
Musical Collaborator | Live Performance: Jessica Ivry
Projection Design: Wolfgang Lancelot Wachalovsky
Animation: Olivia Ting
Costume Design: Nikitha Satish

"Finding Joy" is an ensemble work that celebrates the beauty of everyday life, sharing individual experiences of navigating the modern world.
This work brings contemporary relevance to Bharatanatyam practice and presentation. Through themes of love, nostalgia, community, and art that bring joy amid the constant pressure of a competitive world, the performance becomes a mirror through which the audience may see parallels with their own lives and experiences.
Credits:
Choreograhphy | Direction - Surabhi Bharadwaj
Musical Direction - Maya Rau-Murthy & Vishnu R
Musical Collaboration - Conal Sathi
(Music created by Rohith Bhat and Sharat R Prabath Ashrutam - The Unheard Voice is also used in this work)
Spoken Word - Deepika Potdar Panchamukhi
Scenic Design - Subashinee Krishnamurthy

Movement Collaboration and Performance:
Akshaya Arunkumar
Anusha Sreenivasan
Radhika Karandikar
Shruthi Aravindan
Sukanya Kumar
Surabhi Bharadwaj
Surya Ravi
Cameo - Students of Siddhi Dance Academy